I rented a Nitro in 2007 on one of my business trips, and I remember being excited to get it. I always appreciate quirky styling. To me, that’s someone taking a risk, as opposed to taking an existing design and upload the 3DS file into the computer, tuck, stretch and curve and call it a day. The Nitro was toy-like. It…

When GM does over-engineering, they usually fuck it up. If this was a real concern, stick to a snorkel.

The fact that it came out during the recession era should not give the Nitro a free pass. Chrysler is historically known to pump out suckass cars that can’t compete with the others in the same category. Sure, 2007 was a brutal year, but that just means you try harder and work harder to earn your piece of the pie. Many…

I think this can be done with much better execution. Instead of offering $500 rebate on selected vehicles, why not offer military service members a good deal on financing? Lock in at 0.9% on all vehicles with a proof of military ID. If they are paying the car with cash, apply the difference between the military…

Four words: Go fuck yourself, China.

Yea, the five speed trans grenaded itself when I used it to tow a trailer for a friend of mine. Nothing crazy, just a 3000lb trailer, well within the rating. It didn’t make it, which is fair, because my BIL once tried to change the oil on his own, and confused the oil drain plug with the trans fluid plug. Two things…

Rangers are well built trucks. Most people tend to think Toyota trucks are the most durable trucks in the world, and they’re not completely wrong, as the Hilux and Tacomas are indeed virtually indestructbale. But I bought a Ranger dirt cheap from my brother in law, who never bothered to take care of his vehicles. His…

AIRPORTS DON’T HAVE TO SUCK

CP. Come to SoCal for some rust free examples that are cheaper, like this one:

It’s your responsibility to make sure that shit doesn’t fly off your roof. If it comes off your roof, then you’re on the hook for any damages sustained. Clear that shit off, or get a lower roof car. Your laziness/disability/whatever is no excuse, as you don’t HAVE TO drive a tall-roofed car.

Saw the GT reviewed the car with Jeremy Clarkson, and while he loved the car for what it is: a car with faults, flaws, and nonsensical designs, it was a car with a soul and a character to become attached to. I can relate to that, if I’m getting the car as a hobby or a project. But for a daily driver four door, I need…

I would much rather own and drive any of these two. Classic Mercedes is not something you just butcher up and fuck around with.

Not a fan of resto-mods of any sort on a classic Mercedes. They look cool in that sort of fragile elegant sort of way. I don’t care what’s underneath the hood, don’t put modern wheels and a ricer-looking exhaust on one.

Great. So this is what I’ll have to look forward to when I go to Beijing next year. A bunch of douche cannons driving recklessly in the city, possibly on sidewalks and over grassy areas. The are abandoning the Cayenne and the Panamera as status symbols. The Raptor will be their new found douche chariots.

The problem I have with this list is, money wise, all of the cars mentioned in this list have far better alternatives that are tried and true. As we all know, unless you have a passion for these cars, trying to hedge their values in the future is like dangling piles of cash over a fire pit.

It can do without the hood. That hood is ugly as shit.

Trust me, I know. I am serious about getting a dashcam. I love my state, but there are times when we give criminals way too much liberty. Unless you have hard evidence to nail them, you’re in for litigation, or it ends up in he said/she said. The first thing I do witnessing any accident is grab the plate #s, and make…

I am very sorry to hear about this, my friend. May he rest in peace, and that he did not die in vain. I like to believe that the sentencing contributes, if for nothing but a small, minuscule amount, in preventing dui, by removing a dickhead off the road who isn’t capable of making a safe judgment.

Good. A cowardly act like that, he deserves all 18 years of it. I wouldn’t even allow him consideration for good behavior to get out early. Is your friend ok?

Have the balls to say it. But I guarantee you, whatever group you pin this on, it ain’t it. There are asshole hit and runner from every group of socioeconomic status.